peloric
/pəˈlɔrɪk/
adjective
- Describing a flower that has abnormal, regular (radially symmetrical) petals instead of the usual irregular (bilaterally symmetrical) shape.
- The gardener was surprised to find a peloric orchid with perfectly matching petals.
- This rare peloric snapdragon has five identical petals instead of the usual two upper and three lower ones.
- Botanists study peloric mutations to understand how flower symmetry develops.
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